Crime: Latest data show chances of prison sentence at all-time high; ‘staggering’ spike in drug-use charges
The number of charges for drug use has risen to where it was before a key 2019 law change.
The proportion of convicted charges leading to prison sentences (27%) was also at an all-time high.
People convicted of robbery (61%), sexual offences (58%) and homicide (56%) had the highest impris…